Senior Project Planner / Scheduler

SUMMARY:
Senior Project Planner
Our client, a leader in the mining and construction industry, is seeking a highly experienced Senior Project Planner to manage and optimise complex project schedules across large-scale Mining, EPCM and Construction projects. The successful candidate will ensure accurate planning, monitoring and reporting, while maintaining effective communication between project stakeholders and driving schedule performance throughout the project life cycle. This position is based on-site in the North West, with travel as required.

POSITION INFO:
Minimum Requirements: Minimum of 10 years' proven Project Planning experience within large-scale, multi-disciplined Mining, EPCM, and Construction projects. Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6 , MS Projects , and Excel . Tertiary technical qualification or relevant certifications (e.g., National Diploma, B Tech, PMP, PMI-SP) will be advantageous. Roles and Responsibilities: Establish and maintain effective interfaces between Owners, Consultants\/EPCM's, and Contractors. Lead schedule optimisation exercises and implement best-practice planning tools to enhance deliverables. Develop and maintain project schedules from Level 1-5, including milestone schedules, histograms, s-curves, and related documentation. Review and refine the project schedule management plan, ensuring alignment with project requirements. Lead baseline development and progress updates of the Project Master Schedule while maintaining alignment of all participant schedules. Monitor and verify detailed EPCM and Contractor schedule progress updates, identify bottlenecks, deviations and delays, and recommend fast-tracking or recovery methods. Review and monitor reports from Consultants and Contractors, ensuring accuracy and compliance with project reporting requirements. Conduct claim analysis, schedule dispute resolution, and provide recommendations based on applicable contracts. Identify and mitigate project and schedule risks, and develop prioritised project workstreams to meet objectives. Present regular updates and board-level reports, including critical path analysis, schedule deviations, recovery alternatives, and look-ahead analyses. Develop additional micro-schedules and provide ad-hoc critical schedule support as needed. Assist consultants, EPCM, and contractor planners when required to ensure project success. Closing Date: Submissions for this vacancy will close on 17 June 2026 . You may still submit your CV for this position until 15 July 2026 . Please Note: Thank you for submitting your CV to Marvel Placement Consultants. We value your application and endeavour to respond to each applicant. Should your application be successful, we will be in contact with you. If you do not hear from us within two weeks of your application, please consider your application unsuccessful. We are, however, recruitment specialists and will keep your details on our database for possible future opportunities. PoPI Act Compliance: Marvel Placement Consultants adheres to the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (Act No. 4 of 2013). Section 9 of PoPI states that \"Personal Information may only be processed if, given the purpose for which it is processed, it is adequate, relevant and not excessive.\"